MIS102 Network disaster recovery Plan assessment

Task Summary

Create a network disaster recovery plan (portfolio) of no more than 1500 words along with a full network topology diagram. This portfolio should highlight the competencies you have gained in data and networking through the completion of Modules 1 6.

Context

The aim of this assessment is to demonstrate your proficiency in data and networking. In doing so, you will design a network disaster recovery plan for a company in Australia to demonstrate your proficiency with network design.

Task Instructions

1. Create a network disaster recovery plan (portfolio) along with a full network topology diagram for a company situated in Australia.

Note: This Company has other branches worldwide and this should be considered when creating the network disaster recovery plan.

2. Network disaster recovery plan (portfolio)

Write a network disaster recovery plan using no more than 1500 words.

The Portfolio should include the following:

• An introductory section that highlights the importance of having a recovery plan.
• What steps should the company take if:
  • There is a sudden internet outage?
  • A malware (e.g. a virus) has infected the computers in the companynetwork?
  • There is no local area network for the entire company? Is there a way todiagnose if this is a hardware failure? What communication protocol stackmight be affected?
  • Only a part of the company loses internet connection?
  • There is a power outage?
  • There is a password security breach?
• Are there precautions and post-planning to ensure that the company will not repeat the same network disaster?
• Anticipate the likely questions about the network design that will be raised by the client (Please note that this may include both technical and non-technical staff of the organisation).

3. Network topology diagram

• Create a full network topology diagram that could ensure the business continuity.
• The diagrams need to be your own work and needs to be developed using Visio or any other appropriate graphic package.
• All diagrams needs to be named.
• Thefull network topology will be part of the network disaster recovery planand should be used to further enhance the understanding of the recovery plan.